USU Community Integration and Employment Training and Technical Assistance Center

2019

providers and consumers of HCBS services to ensure compliance with the final rule during the transition process. Utah State University will use a combination of core university faculty and staff, and national and state level consultants to provide training and technical assistance to people with disabilities, families, and provider organizations in Utah. Figure 1 provides a conceptualization of the transformation and capacity building focus areas, outputs, and outcomes. Specifically, the proposed project will focus on five core areas: employment, community-life engagement, persons centered planning, transition from school to work, and family engagement and advocacy. The outputs are training and technical assistance and evaluation and research on each focus areas. The expected outcomes of these outputs include informed people with disabilities and families and skilled providers who can sustain transformation efforts, increase utilization or evidence and research-based practices associated with each focus area, and having a cadre of trained local provides who can provide ongoing training and technical assistance. The proposed project will use a variety of training and technical assistance formats including, live classroom and on-location training, synchronous and asynchronous online webinars, and online community of practice groups.

Employment-Related Activities, Housing-Related Activities, Recreation-Related Activities

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances

State

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